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regarding add FHS exception for arch-indep in /usr/lib
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Package: debian-policy
Severity: normal
The FHS requires:
[22] Miscellaneous architecture-independent application-specific static files
and subdirectories must be placed in /usr/share.
Therefore, technically every package that ships a single architecture
independent file in /usr/lib has a RC bug. It's easy to see how absurd
this is:
find -type f /usr/lib | xargs file | grep ' text'
Which finds 7500 files on my system, which are only the tip of the iceberg.
A good example is /usr/lib/git-core/, which contains a mix of scripts
and compiled binaries. To split this, git would have to be patched to
look in two places, which would make it a little slower (or larger),
make the package diverge more from upstream[1], and cause ongoing work
for the package maintainer as the implentation of various programs
changes.
The fact is that we're doing a good job separating out a big chunk of
arch indep data in /usr/share. My laptop has 6.7 gb there, vs 3.7 gb in
/usr/lib. But we're only doing it on a least-effort basis, because there
are few compelling use cases for sharing /usr/share between modern
systems.
So, I propse adding to the list of exceptions in policy section 9.1.1:
The FHS requirement that architecture-independent application-specific
static files be located in /usr/share is relaxed to a suggestion.
In particular, a subdirectory of /usr/lib may be used by a package
(or a collection of packages) to hold a mixture of architecture-independent
and architecture-dependent files. However, when a directory is
entirely composed of architecture-independent files, it should be
located in /usr/share.
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see shy jo
[1] Sometimes in ways that break interoperability, for example
git-sh-setup(1) documents an arch indep file that things
rely on being located in git's --exec-path.
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Source: debian-policy
Source-Version: 3.9.6.0
We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of
debian-policy, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive.
A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is
attached.
Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you
have further comments please address them to 741...@bugs.debian.org,
and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate.
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Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org> (supplier of updated debian-policy package)
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Date: Wed, 17 Sep 2014 20:03:20 +0200
Source: debian-policy
Binary: debian-policy
Architecture: source all
Version: 3.9.6.0
Distribution: unstable
Urgency: low
Maintainer: Debian Policy List <debian-policy@lists.debian.org>
Changed-By: Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org>
Description:
debian-policy - Debian Policy Manual and related documents
Closes: 491547 555980 588497 593611 613143 731810 737730 740100 741304 742756
748380 748479 748480 750017 753353 753999 754876
Changes:
debian-policy (3.9.6.0) unstable; urgency=low
.
[ Bill Allombert ]
* upgrading-checklist.sgml: remove spurious 'details in' leftover from
the HTML transition. Closes: #740100. Thanks Jakub Wilk.
* debian/control:
- Build-Depends emacs-nox|emacs instead of emacs23. Closes: #753999
Thanks Gabriele Giacone and Rob Browning.
* Packaging: refreshed the names of the Policy Editors.
* Policy: [11.5.1] Web servers: Fix use of metasyntactic variables and
applications Closes: #737730. Thanks Olivier Berger.
* Policy: [5.6.21] Files: Fix typo "by" -> be. Closes: #753353.
Thanks Benedikt Wildenhain.
* Policy: Remove reference to DEHS (dead service)
Wording: David Prévot <taf...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julian Gilbey <jul...@d-and-j.net>
Seconded: Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org>
Closes: #731810
* Policy: Relax /usr/share FHS requirement for directories with mixed
content.
Wording: Joey Hess <jo...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Julien Cristau <jcris...@debian.org>
Seconded: Jakub Wilk <jw...@debian.org>
Seconded: Michael Biebl <bi...@debian.org>
Closes: #741304
* Perl Policy: @INC has /usr/lib/perl/5.18, not /usr/lib/perl/5.18.2
Wording: Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org>
Closes: #748480
* Perl Policy: Explain %Config earlier
Wording: Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <d...@debian.org>
Closes: #748479
* Perl Policy: @INC changes for multiarch
Wording: Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Damyan Ivanov <d...@debian.org>
Closes: #748380
* Perl Policy: Packages using Perl vendorarch directory need a perlapi-*
dependency
Wording: Niko Tyni <nt...@debian.org>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gre...@debian.org>
Seconded: Axel Beckert <a...@debian.org>
Closes: #750017
* Policy: Grant an FHS exception for the multiarch headers directories
Wording: Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Closes: #742756
* Policy: Discourage statically linked binaries
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com>
Closes: #555980
* Policy: Clarify whose signature should go in debian/changelog (4.4)
Wording: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Seconded: Andrew McMillan <and...@morphoss.com>
Seconded: Gregor Herrmann <gre...@debian.org>
Closes: #593611
* Policy: Change default web document root to /var/www/html
Wording: Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org>
Seconded: Arno Töll <a...@debian.org>
Seconded: Matthias Urlichs <matth...@urlichs.de>
Closes: #491547
* virtual-package-names-list: Update java runtime list
Wording: Emmanuel Bourg <ebo...@apache.org>
Seconded: Tony Mancill <tmanc...@debian.org>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org>
Closes: #754876
* virtual-package-names-list: Add httpd-wsgi
Wording: Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonas Smedegaard <d...@jones.dk>
Seconded: Piotr Ożarowski <pi...@debian.org>
Closes: #588497
[ Jonathan Nieder ]
* Policy: Drop FHS requirement that /usr/local/lib<qual> exist when
/lib<qual>
or /usr/lib<qual> does.
Wording: Tollef Fog Heen <tfh...@err.no>
Seconded: Bill Allombert <ballo...@debian.org>
Seconded: Jonathan Nieder <jrnie...@gmail.com>
Seconded: Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org>
Closes: #613143
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